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The Chinese language uses
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measure words to count nouns.
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what they are used to count.
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Contact handles
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杯 bēi tea, coffee, cup
本 bĕn book, magazine
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bunches or
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clusters, e.g.:
grapes or
bananas
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for items that
are paired (but
对 duì
not necessarily
so)

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newspaper;
份 fèn share; portion;
copies
letter (written
封 fēng
document)
副 fù sunglasses
general
个 gè measure word;
people
bananas; other
根 gēn long, slender
objects
can (of soda or
罐 guàn
food); jar; tin
homes;
户 hù
households
companies;
家 jiā buildings;
households
架 jià bridge; airplane
间 jiān room
件 jiàn clothes; luggage
events; used for
events like the
Olympics, World
届 jiè
Cup, and such
that occur
frequently
pound (actually
斤 jīn
0.5 kilograms)
句 jù phrase; remark
reel; spool; toilet
卷 juăn paper; camera
film
棵 kē tree
课 kè text; lesson
family members;
口 kŏu
household
soap; piece of
land; Olympic
medals; other
things that come
块 kuài in hunks,
chunks, or
lumps; a
measure of
currency

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car; bicycle;
辆 liàng wheeled
vehicles
round (of talks,
轮 lún
sports)
horses; bolt of
匹 pĭ
cloth
瓶 píng bottles
cases (used for
criminal case);
起 qĭ
batch, group
(e.g.: visitors)
crowd; group (of
people); flock (of
群 qún birds, sheep);
swarm (bees);
herd (animals)
首 shŏu poems
chopsticks;
items that
双 shuāng
necessarily
come in pairs
艘 sōu boats; ships
computers;
televisions;
台 tái
radios; other
machines
set (of furniture,
套 tào
stamps)
streets; rivers;
fish; snakes;
条 tiáo
other long,
winding objects
domestic
animals; head of
头 tóu cattle; mules;
other larger
animals
person (polite
位 wèi
usage)
map; bed; table;
other flat,
张 zhāng
rectangular
objects
animal; one of a
pair of body
只 zhī parts (hands,
feet, ears);
earrings; rings

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pencil, cigarette,
枝 zhī pen; other long,
thin objects
pencil, cigarette,
支 zhī pen; other long,
thin objects
mountains;
坐 zuò bridges;
buildings

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